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FarCenter

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 02:55 PM Jan 2013

Jovan Belcher Was Drunk When He Shot His Girlfriend And Himself

KMBC.com is reporting that Jovan Belcher's autopsy report shows that he was drunk the morning he killed his girlfriend and himself.

Belcher's autopsy results show he had .179 mg of alcohol in his system which is twice the legal limit in Missouri.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jovan-belcher-autopsy-report-2013-1
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Jovan Belcher Was Drunk When He Shot His Girlfriend And Himself (Original Post) FarCenter Jan 2013 OP
Just a quibble.. Permanut Jan 2013 #1
Jovan Belcher's blood alcohol content was twice legal limit FarCenter Jan 2013 #2
.. Permanut Jan 2013 #3

Permanut

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1. Just a quibble..
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:08 PM
Jan 2013

Your citation is correct, so the quibble is not with the OP, but with the Business Insider. I'm seeing elsewhere that the BAC limit in Missouri is .08 percent, as with other states; no reference to milligrams. Is that some equivalent?

 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
2. Jovan Belcher's blood alcohol content was twice legal limit
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:29 PM
Jan 2013

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was legally drunk when he killed Kasandra Perkins, his girlfriend and committed suicide on the morning of Dec. 1, according to autopsy results released by the Jackson County medical examiner on Monday.

The autopsy report listed ethanol readings of 179 mg/dL and 170 mg/dL for Belcher. A reading of 80 mg/dL would indicate a blood alcohol content of .08, the legal limit for driving in Missouri, meaning Belcher's reading was .17.

"That level is very high," said Richard Parent, a Maine-based board certified toxicologist. "It's more than twice the legal limit."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/14/jovan-belcher-autopsy-kasandra-perkins-kansas-city-chiefs/1833251/

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